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chfn − change your finger information |
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chfn [−f full-name] [−o office] ,RB [ −p office-phone] [−h home-phone] −u] [−v] [username] |
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chfn is used to change your finger information. This information is stored in the /etc/passwd file, and is displayed by the finger program. The Linux finger command will display four pieces of information that can be changed by chfn: your real name, your work room and phone, and your home phone. |
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COMMAND LINE |
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Any of the four pieces of information can be specified on the command line. If no information is given on the command line, chfn enters interactive mode. |
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INTERACTIVE MODE |
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In interactive mode, chfn will prompt for each field. At a prompt, you can enter the new information, or just press return to leave the field unchanged. Enter the keyword "none" to make the field blank. |
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−f, −−full-name full-name |
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Specify your real name. |
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−o, −−office office |
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Specify your office room number. |
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−p, −−office-phone office-phone |
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Specify your office phone number. |
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−h, −−home-phone home-phone |
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Specify your home phone number. |
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−u, −−help |
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Print a usage message and exit. |
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-v, −−version |
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Print version information and exit. |
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finger(1), passwd(5) |
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Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu> |
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The chfn command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |